PERTH AMBOY – A year long legal and political squabble between a city worker and the head of the city’s Democratic Party has come to an end with a municipal court judge ruling there is insufficient evidence for conviction.

As a result, Jacqueline Quiles, who works for the city’s office on aging, was found not guilty Tuesday of harassment, a petty disorderly persons charge that had been downgraded from a charge of making terroristic threats, according to her attorney, Julio Gomez.

On June 7, 2013, just hours before the start of the annual Perth Amboy Puerto Rican Festival, which Quiles runs, Leslie Dominguez-Rodriquez accused Quiles of making terroristic threats against her in a Facebook posting.

The complaint came followed a heated battle with Mayor Wilda Diaz over control of the city’s Democratic Party. Quiles has close political ties to Diaz.

The complaint was based on a Facebook comment Quiles allegedly posted prior to an election of party officers, in which Quiles called “Leslie” a loser. No last name was mentioned in the posting.

“Give it up. If I catch you, you better run!!!!” the online message, allegedly from Quiles, also stated.

Eleven other people apparently liked the comment. Dominguez-Rodriguez saved an image of the posting.

Dominguez-Rodriguez had said she was scared by the posting because Quiles had political connections.

Gomez said Dominguez-Rodriguez, a police officer, and some people who read the Facebook post testified during a three-hour hearing Tuesday in Woodbridge Municipal Court. The hearing was held following a year of pretrial proceedings.

Dominguez-Rodriguez said Wednesday she was advised by her attorney not to comment on the case.

Following the state’s testimony, Gomez said he made a motion that there was insufficient evidence and the judge agreed.

“There was no evidence she did anything criminal,” said Gomez, adding the judge found Quiles not guilty without her having to testify or present any witnesses.

Following the November 2012 general election, Diaz and several former Perth Amboy mayoral candidates called on Dominguez-Rodriguez to resign as the city’s Democratic Party chairwoman because she supported Billy Delgado in the mayoral election. Delgado had previously run for office as a Republican. Dominguez-Rodriguez did not resign. Prior to filing the complaint against Quiles, Dominguez-Rodriguez was re-elected as Perth Amboy Democratic Party chairwoman.